A high-speed car chase and shootout on the N1 highway between security guards and armed skelms ended with the diewe crashing their car in Khayelitsha.
The armed robbers disappeared in between shacks, but left behind their loot which was recovered by the guards from Titanium Security.
The Brackenfell security company is being lauded for their swift response after the alarm of a residence went off multiple times, raising suspicions in Morgenster Heights.
In a statement, the company said the alarm started going off shortly after 10am and guards were dispatched to investigate.
“When our armed response team turned onto Frans Conradie Road, they noticed a red Hyundai Accent driving suspiciously close to the vicinity where the call-out came from.
“On instinct these members followed the suspicious vehicle and realised something was wrong in the way they were driving,” they said.
Realising they’d been spotted, the panicked skelms then fled on the N1 in the direction of the R300, with the guards in pursuit.
“When the team started following, the suspects started speeding, this resulted in a chase. As the team got closer, shots were fired from the suspects and our security team returned fire.”
No one was injured, but the guards fired two shots, one into the wheel cap of the red car and one into the body.
“Once realising they could not shake the team off, they sped off into Khayelitsha.”
The suspects crashed their car into a shack before jumping out and disappearing between the shacks.
Guards discovered that the skelms had pasted a CA registration number plate over a Gauteng one.
“On inspection of the vehicle, fake number plates were found. Fortunately we could recover the two plasma TVs, laptop and a small safe which were found on the back seat.”
Police spokesman, Captain FC van Wyk, confirms the incident, but says no arrests have been made.